Weeks 15, 16, and 17--Spring

Monday 5/4--Comprehensive grammar test in class

Tues 5/5--No homework! Watch Gatsby in class.

Weds 5/6--Read "Characters," "Setting," "The Play" and Fences, Act One, scene 1 (pp. 1-20)

Thurs 5/7--Read Fences, pp. 21-40 (Act One, scenes 2 and 3)

Fri 5/8--Read Fences, pp. 41-58 (Finish Act One)

Mon 5/11--Read Fences, pp. 59-77 (Act Two, scenes 1 and 2)

Tues 5/12--Finish Fences, pp. 78-101 (Act Two, scenes 3, 4, and 5)

Weds 5/13--In-class essay on Fences.

    • To study, I'd suggest opening the attachment posted below ("5/12--Fences_Harkness") and follow my tips at the top of the doc.

Thurs 5/14--Please re-read your Gatsby essay and my comments, then post the following on Canvas:

  • Your original Gatsby essay with all the mechanical errors fixed.

    • Please highlight or underline all the mechanical changes you made

  • One paragraph of this essay revised (you don't need to pick the most challenging paragraph, but pick one that does require at least a few changes).

  • This assignment is graded Pass/Fail.

  • Please look at this sample essay on Gatsby:

Fri 5/15--VEII, chapter 10, plus:

    • Read through the following essays and my comments on them:

      • "Cell One" essay (on word doc--you handed in a paper copy to me)

      • "Red Convertible" essay on turnitin.com

      • Odyssey, "Snowman/Clarice," and 12th Night essays on Google docs

    • As you're reading through these old essays, please note:

      • patterns in mechanical errors

        • errors you're no longer making

        • errors you're still making

      • ways your analytical thinking has improved

    • Then write the following (to post on Canvas)--

      • Write this as a letter: "Dear Sophomore Year Self,"

        • Discuss/note the mechanical errors you made at the beginning of the year and are no longer making

        • Note mechanical errors you're still making

        • Discuss/note the ways your analytical thinking has improved

        • How has my writing improved overall from the beginning of the year?

      • What do I want to remind myself of going into the final?

      • What advice about writing do I to give my sophomore year self in the fall?

Mon 5/18--Master Vocabulary Test on VEII.

  • Please review all 150 words!

Tues 5/19--Begin reviewing for final

      • Please read the English 1 Study Guide posted below. (Please note that I've decided to leave poetry off the final.)

      • On Canvas, please post a list with three ideas, values or themes Twelfth Night, The Great Gatsby, and Fences share.

        • After each idea/value/theme, please say a few words about how that theme is expressed in each work.

        • Note: it is not enough to say that "love" is a theme in all three texts. As with thesis sentences, specificity is the key here!

        • Here's the link to the assignment page on Canvas: Three Themes

Wed 5/20--On Canvas, please post the following:

      • A 350+ word freewrite on the theme you found most interesting that all three texts share.

      • Be sure to incorporate at least ONE quotation from each of the texts (Twelfth Night, The Great Gatsby, Fences)

      • Here's the link: Freewrite (with Quotations) on Theme

Thurs 5/21--Last day of class!

  • Write the following on a Google doc I'll post:

    • The titles of 1-3 books you'd suggest to your classmates and me for summer reading.

    • A brief description of the book/s and why you think your classmates and I might be interested in reading it/them.

  • Note: I've posted another sample essay for you to read. This one is on Fences. I recommend you read this as part of your preparation for the final (always helpful to read other students' analytical essays): sample essay on Fences